After thinking it over, Qingque suddenly realized that an Emanator of Abundance commanding the Abundance Ebon Deer made perfect sense!
"What are you standing around for?" Chu Mu stepped over the Ebon Deer's head onto his back and spoke to Qingque.
Qingque hurried after him.
Even as she stepped onto the Ebon Deer, Qingque still found it unbelievable-
Such an enormous creature had been tamed just like that.
The Ebon Deer slowly stood up and rose into the air, overlooking the entire Artisanship Commission from above.
Chu Mu had been hoping the Ambrosial Arbor would create another Ebon Deer, or perhaps something else. Unfortunately, the Ambrosial Arbor seemed to have given up resisting, as though it understood that doing so would only waste its energy.
As a result, when the Astral Express Crew finished clearing the Ambrosial Arbor's roots throughout the Artisanship Commission and returned to the platform, they were surprised to discover that the fierce Ebon Deer had vanished.
They looked around, but no one thought to glance up. Presumably, they had assumed that since the Ebon Deer had no wings, he couldn't possibly fly.
So they ruled out the sky first.
"Strange. Where did that deer go?" Stelle asked in confusion, then turned to March 7th. "Any leads, great detective?"
"H-how would I know?" March 7th shook her head, a little embarrassed and annoyed. "But according to my deductions, there are no new signs of battle here, which means that deer ran off on his own. He's probably hiding somewhere in the Artisanship Commission right now, waiting to ambush us!"
"An ambush?" Stelle cried. "That Ebon Deer doesn't fight fair!"
At that moment, Master Gongshu asked in puzzlement:
"If that beast wanted to ambush us, why didn't he attack on our way here? Why let us get close